Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-26

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/ Anercus Recorder: The recent shoot.
ing ntirsy at Lumpkiu revives the story
Of an incident which occurred In that
little city a few years since. There re-
sided in the neigh oorhood a party OF five
] desperate fellows, who were in the habit
81 getting goriOuslY fun and hoistlng
Gehenna whenever they came to town.
! Finally the Mayor, finding that forbear-
aGce had long since ceased to be a
virtue, ordered Marshal arbOrough to
arrest and lock the crowd up the next
tune the offense was repeated. The Mar
shall WAS little fellow, but full OF grl.,
and when the quintette again tried TO
run the town, he loaded a double-Darrel
gun with buckshot and marched alone
and unaided TO capture the enemy. He
tound the entire party together, and pre-
Sentlng his cooked gun al the head OF the
leader ordered him to hold up his hands,
which he lost no time in doing.
me rest. OF the gang were likewise
ordered to "hold up" which they did in
jitfy, as they saw that any resis ance
would be useless, and all OF them knew
that the Marshal would carry out his
threat to shoot the first one who dropped
his bands. Quickly ordering them into
single file, the plucky little Marshal
marched the whole gang to the guard
house, which was unlocked by q
citizen, and into which the
party of rOWdle5 were ordered,
while the Marshal stood aside with his
little gun and viewed the act with the
greatest satisfaction. There never was
more crestfallen set OF men in the
State than were the prisoners when they
saw how the Marshal had trapped them,
and 1t Is said that their arrest on this
occasion was the means of reforming
the entire party, and the plucky Marshal
was never given further trouble by any
OF them.
Baxey Banner: 1t will be remembered
that Il. j. Phillips was arrested here lass
'all charged with forgery. The case WAS
tried here last week, which resulted in
the acquittal OF Phillips upon mere
technicalty.s The bill of Indictment
charged him with forging the seal Of the
state. When the State sought to nitro
duce the fraudulent plats and grants,
unset for defense objected on the
ground that the plats and grants bad the
great seal OF the state attached
While the bill only charged the de-
fendant with forging the seal Of the
State. The presiding Judge held
that there are several State seals, and
that under the charge he could not admit
evidence to prove the forgery of the great
seal. The States counsel argued that
the seal of the State meant the principal
seal, the seal proper, or the great seal,
and that If any other except the great
seal had been intended it would have
been 80 charged and specified in the bill
But the evidence was ruled out, and Ms a
forgery could not be proved without
the introduction Of the forged grants.
The Judges ruling virtually ended
the case and Phillips was acquitted
without giving the case to the jury. Thus
IL Will be seen that the case was deter
mined by just one word. The State
charged the defendant with using ''the
scalp and not "great SEAL" as the court
held should have been charged. If Phil
lips wanted to show the people of this
county that he WIS not guilty he should
have admitted the plats aud grants In evil
dence and had his case passed upon by
jury OF his county, but, as il is, the evil
denoe upon which the state relied was
ruleu out upon technicality, and Phil
lips stands az guilty as ever before the
people of this county.
Newton West is confined in the Fulton
county jail to answer a ch arge of remov-
ing illIcitly distilled whisky from an un-
registered distillery, but it is quite likely
that before he again breathes the air of
freedom he will nave TO stand trial for q
much graver Offense. Oaa night in No
vember OF 1873, posse of government Of
ticials went into Union county on raid,
The party was in charge of Deputy Col
lector j. G. Hendrix, and CONSISTED OF
number Of well-known revenue men.
among them Deputy Collector Poole.
When the party was near NiX's mills Mir.
Poole, who was on horseback, rode about
one hundred yards in advance OF the
party to reconnoitre. Ties moonshiners
we're lying in wait tor the revenue men
and 1t was Mr.. Poole's hard luck to ride
right in their midst. They ordered him
to halt and dismount. AS he found him.
self in intentionally close proximity to
the muZZles OF number OF shooting
irons" he obeyed without a murmur.
Newton West was a member of this party,
While Poole was preparing 10 dismOunt
W est sneaked up behind him and struck
him terrible blow in the back of mis-
head with gun, knocking him senseless
10 the ground. Poole was stripped Of his
valuables, including his pistol and $28 in
money, and bis body was thrown into q
briar patch. He was left for dead hut
about daylight his companions
found him. He was given the best
OF care, and though very badly injured
recovered his health and is alive today.
II 1880 West was indicted for the crime
by the United States grand jury. but he
succeeded in eyading arrest, and about a
year ago nolle prOsequi was entered in
the case. Nothing further had been
thought about the matter until
it was found that one OF the men ar
rested IN White county on Sunday last
was the missing West. When arrested he
gave his name as Johnson, but the officers
are certain that it is the long lost West.
An effort will be made to have the case re-
instated and pressed Tor trial.
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